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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does McCall visit his new daughter, as noted in Chapter 43?

2. In Part III of the book, this co-worker, whom McCall befriends, is of what faith?

3. Which one of McCall's kids come to live with him in Chapter 43?

4. In Chapter 27, McCall has a dinner job interview with an editor and afterward wants to go somewhere "really" what to feel better?

5. McCall is challenged one day while he is out doing what, as noted in Chapter 40?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens when McCall deals with the question of whether to abort his own child and an assignment in Chapter 31?

2. What does McCall like about Islam according to Chapter 26?

3. Why doesn't McCall trust anyone at the Virginia Pilot-Ledger Star where he works?

4. Why does McCall see his grandchild as a another cycle of life?

5. How does Debbie's mom respond to the African name chosen for their first son and why does McCall insist on the African name?

6. Why does McCall enjoy the small things in Chapter 24?

7. Why are Debbie's parents happy about the pregnancy, while McCall's parents are not in Chapter 32?

8. Why do friends and family have to help McCall when he goes to visit his kids in Atlanta, in Chapter 42?

9. How does McCall's decision to do the right thing and not worry about what people think about him in Part II illustrate McCall's growth and maturity?

10. Why do Debbie and McCall work on staying married?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss how McCall's actions/behaviors in Chapters 1 though 5 illustrate or embody his fears?

Essay Topic 2

In Part III of the book, McCall describes his relationship with Yvette, her challenges with being inferior and the Muslim principle that women hold an inferior position in the home. Looking at McCall's upbringing, his relationship with his mother and his mother's role in McCall's home, how do the two outlooks, situations, etc. clash? Why does McCall have problems with this Muslim principle and how much of this is due to his upbringing and his mother's role in the home?

Essay Topic 3

How does Stanley's visit and the resulting scenes and events in McCall's life facilitate McCall's decision to leave behind drug use from this point forward? How does this turning point reflect other changes that occurred in McCall's life during this time as well (family, career)?

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